I hope that's your problem.
71 key stuck in ignition?
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Carbondale Pa.
Originally Posted by gator79
if it is a auto trans there is a cable from the trans to the lower part of the column that locks out the cylinder it may be binding
Racer
Joined: May 2002
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From: Abilene TX
My 71 has done the same thing. I have read that it is the cable from the transmission to the ignition column. The cable has broken or come undone at one end or the other. Ithas been awhile, but there were pictures of it, kinda under the brake booster on the fire wall. Some have just wired the lever up and done away with this lock feature.
Burning Brakes
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From: Angola IN
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9 times out of 10 it means that your key/steering lock cable is broken or frozen. Open the hood and look directly below your steering rod on the firewall below the brake MC. there is a cable pinned into the metal steering lock tab. You can disconnect this and see if the cable is stuck or frozen. If it is, and if you choose to replace it, you'll have to go underneath the remove it from the tranny.
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Instructor
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From: round rock tx
no black plastic button?
I looked all over the switch area, moved the telescope shaft, shifted gears on the auto trans. The key will not push in so that it will release. Did not see the cable at the botom of the shaft, any other ideas??
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Boxford Mass
I think the cable is under the hood where the column comes thru the firewall. The cable is connected to a lever on the column.
Worst case you will have to replace the lock cylinder. Its harder on tilt/tele wheel, but not that bad of a job.
Might as well get it fixed -- eventually, you will have to put the key back in there.
Worst case you will have to replace the lock cylinder. Its harder on tilt/tele wheel, but not that bad of a job.
Might as well get it fixed -- eventually, you will have to put the key back in there.
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